6:35 PM EDT · PNC Park
Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates 9–6 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.149 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.7 mph · 6.8 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 74°F
- 66%
- 29.06 inHg
- Elevation
- 780 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 13 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC -127 · PIT +108 | PIT 48% | |
| PIT +1.5 | PIT -162 · KC +136 | — | |
| Mike Minor | 5.5 | Over +120 · Under -158 | 45% over |
| Mitch Keller | 5.5 | Over +132 · Under +110 | 43% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 4.1 , 6 H, 4 , 3 BB, 6 K, 95 pitches
34% 49% 17%
Four-seam34%
Slider31%
Changeup17%
- 91.3 mph
- 15.6 in
- 25%
- 23% / 8%
- 38%
- 38%
- .344
- 379
- 24%
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 201 | 22% | .372 | 10.0 in |
| 2,722 | 22% | .313 | 9.2 in | |
| 1,209 | 21% | .328 | 10.4 in |
Mitch Keller PIT · RHP
Today: 2.1 , 3 H, 4 , 5 BB, 2 K, 83 pitches
79% 16% 4%
Four-seam54%
Cutter25%
Curveball16%
Changeup4%
- 94.6 mph
- 16.2 in
- 21%
- 22% / 10%
- 50%
- 37%
- .349
- 320
- 22% · 24% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 240 | 19% | .401 | 19.6 in |
| 87 | 14% | .284 | 16.6 in | |
| 417 | 18% | .327 | 18.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 98 | 87.2 | 15.4° | 28% | 4% | 17% | 3 | .336 | — / .369 | +725 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 94 | 91.1 | 14.7° | 44% | 13% | 23% | 5 | .383 | — / .476 | +340 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 94 | 92.0 | 10.8° | 51% | 14% | 11% | 5 | .374 | — / .373 | +320 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 4 | Jarrod Dyson RF · L | 14 | 70.8 | -11.2° | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 83 | 87.0 | 7.5° | 36% | 4% | 9% | 1 | .282 | — / .343 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
| 6 | Josh Staumont P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 77 | 88.6 | 13.4° | 39% | 10% | 4% | 2 | .361 | — / .332 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 70 | 81.2 | -3.4° | 20% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .275 | — / .287 | +1050 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 9 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 48 | 81.4 | 11.9° | 21% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .225 | — / .224 | — | — | 1-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Frazier LF · L | 100 | 85.2 | 16.1° | 22% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .343 | — / .368 | +900 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Kyle Crick P · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Bryan Reynolds CF · S | 96 | 87.0 | 11.2° | 29% | 10% | 22% | 2 | .396 | — / .296 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 4 | Todd Frazier 3B · R | 15 | 90.9 | 16.3° | 40% | 10% | 0% | 0 | .216 | — / .216 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Erik González SS · R | 71 | 87.0 | 6.0° | 37% | 7% | 5% | 1 | .303 | — / .301 | +650 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 6 | Jacob Stallings C · R | 68 | 90.4 | 12.1° | 40% | 7% | 17% | 0 | .347 | — / .277 | +575 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Wilmer Difo RF · S | 27 | 82.0 | 21.1° | 33% | 7% | 40% | 1 | .250 | — / — | +725 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Kevin Newman 2B · R | 79 | 84.2 | -1.3° | 24% | 1% | 6% | 1 | .230 | — / .276 | +1150 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Colin Moran 1B · L | 92 | 88.5 | 8.9° | 37% | 11% | 9% | 4 | .336 | — / .301 | +575 | 1.5 | 0-1 |